page_title: Yalkut Shimoni
section_title: Order and arrangement
hierarchical_section_title: Yalkut Shimoni / Order and arrangement
caption_attribution_description: English: Title page from Yalkut Shimoni on Joshua, facsimile of Salonique edition (1527).
context_page_description: The Yalkut Shimoni, or simply Yalkut, is an aggadic compilation on the books of the Hebrew Bible. It is a compilation of older interpretations and explanations of Biblical passages, arranged according to the sequence of those portions of the Bible to which they referred.
context_section_description: The work contains two sections, which are numbered separately:
  The first part covers the Pentateuch and contains 963 sections as follows:
  §§ 1–162 to Genesis
  §§ 163–427 to Exodus
  §§ 428–682 to Leviticus
  §§ 683–788 to Numbers
  §§ 789–963 to Deuteronomy
  The second part contains 1,085 sections, covering the Prophets and the Writings:
  §§ 1-252 being devoted to the first prophets (Joshua, Samuel, and Kings)
  §§ 253–335 to Book of Jeremiah
  §§ 336–384 to Book of Ezekiel
  §§ 385–514 to Book of Isaiah
  §§ 515–595 to the twelve minor prophets
  §§ 596–609 to Book of Ruth
  §§ 610–890 to Psalms
  §§ 891–928 to Book of Job
  §§ 929–965 to Book of Proverbs
  §§ 966–979 to Ecclesiastes
  §§ 980–994 to the Song of Solomon
  §§ 995–1043 to Lamentations
  §§ 1044–1059 to Book of Esther
  §§ 1060–1066 to Book of Daniel
  §§ 1067–1071 to Ezra and Nehemiah
  §§ 1072–1085 to Book of Chronicles
  The order of books follows the Talmudic order, except that Esther precedes Daniel, while the reverse order is followed in the Talmud.
  The division into sections is arbitrary, and the sections are very unequal in length. For example, in the Vilna edition Deuteronomy 818 containing only five lines, while Deuteronomy 938 comprises eighteen columns.
  Each passage, often in the text itself, indicates the sources from which the explanations are derived. In the Salonica edition they are given at the beginning of each corresponding Biblical passage, although in later editions they were placed in the margin. In many instances, however, the sources are given in an inconvenient place or are entirely eliminated, while some references are even indicated by a later redactor, as, for example, Job 921, where mention of the source (Exodus Rabbah) is a later addition, the original redactor being unacquainted with Exodus Rabbah.
caption: Title page from Yalkut Shimoni on Book of Joshua, facsimile of Salonique edition (1527).
exif: {}